Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-11-18
THE WEEKLY GAZETTE FORT WORTH TEXAS FRIDAY NOVEMBER
II makes an elegant and delicate costume

It makes an elegant and delicate costume
when trimmed with white lace. Red,
which is sometimes worn, is tor giar-
ing Il color in the sunshine. Green,
woicA is occasionally adopted in its psler
sh sdes, is not very safe nue. for general
use. 1t suits some compilations remark
ably we'll. Fair girls with color look
very nice in it, especially il their skin be
clear, bat many faces are rendered ghast-
" By It's shade. Pink is very pretty
color for bridesmaids dresses. Coral
pink crepe, literally trimmed with the
same shade of ribbon, which hung in
long, graceful stresmers at the side Of the
skirt, has lately been worn with good Ell
feet. Speaking of trimmings, ostrich
feathers have been much used for dress
trimmings, and several brides dresses
have been Topped up with ostrich tips.
They have also been worn with the veil.
NOTES.
There is decided return TO plain
skirts.
Bonnets show 8 decided tendency 90
ward the poke shape.
Alpaca seems to have come into favor
sgsin in Paris.
Hand painting in lieu of embroidery on
black satin tea gowns is the letes' "fad. !"
The newest imported French hats and
bonnets have lower crowns and wider
brims.
Partisan milliners are using steel or
raments very extensively in heir latest
productions.
Polonaises with only hint OF looping
will be worn over velvet and antique
broche MORE skirts.
Decided puppies have superseded the
heliotrope tints in favor, and are quite as
generally unbecoming.
z With tailor gowns folds. of white
corduroy at the neck and wrists take the
place of linen collars and cuffs.
Nets Of gold, silver and steel, Jet beads
and other beads are not infreQuently
drawn over the crowns OF dressY bonnets
and hats.
More and chaDgeable ribbons have
driven the brocaded ones entirely out OF
fashionable favor.
Gray berries imported from the West
Indies and called Jobs tears are being
threaded with Jet and used extensively
for trimmings.
Small toques covered entirely with
loose folds of dark red bourette silk,
without trimming, are considered stylish
with tsilor-msde costumes.
The long reign of the tan mousquetaire
glove is over at last after regime nf ten
years or more. In its place the manu-
facturers have put on the market giants
de Suede of every hue. They come in
shades of dark red, Gobelin blue, Lin
coin green, gray, heliOtrope and many
shades of brown.
Street dresses have usually fronts OF
fancy velvets, l0r g plated and boufant
back drsperies, or else they have the long
drsperies front and back. Some suits are
flni- he'd around the bottom with bias
bands Of MORE velvet.
a te6 gown for brunette is OF cherry
India silk. The long, loose vest falling
to the feetis Of dotted black tuile, TO each
dot being seWed little black silk pendsnt.
The loose coat fronts are caught to-
gether at the throat and fare open over
The vest. Ga these edges and on the
edges of the turned-over collars and
cuffs are seWed line OF the little black
p, ndants.
The latest novely for hats or bonnets is
the sudden use of molleton or swanskin,
which is tie sort of flnnel commonly
used SO G table cover under the finer
damask. 1t is preferred in bright
scarlet tint, and is then trimmed with 8
band Of black silk gslloop, bowknOt Of
black satin ribbon tying together high up
in front a cluster Of black plumes.
Moll9ton comes in white, gray and red OF
several tints,